Iran says US attacks violate ceasefire, as Israel pounds Lebanon with strikes

Iran says the United States has violated a ceasefire by striking targets near the contested Strait of Hormuz, potentially complicating efforts to bring the war to a close, while Israel has pounded Lebanon with more than 120 airstrikes in one of the heaviest days of bombing in weeks.Iran's foreign ministry said US strikes in Iran's southern Hormozgan province, where Iranian media reported sounds of explosions early on Tuesday, represented a "gross violation" of a tenuous ceasefire that has been in place for nearly seven weeks Iran's Fars news agency cited a source saying the funds were the last sticking point in the deal.Iran also wants a stop to the conflict in Lebanon, where a mid-April ceasefire has failed to halt fighting between Israel and Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday Israel would intensify its strikes against Hezbollah, while a US official said the Iran-backed group had ignored warnings to halt attacks that risked undermining negotiations to end the US-Israeli war on Iran.In a statement on Tuesday, Netanyahu said that Israel was "deepening its operations in Lebanon" and operating with "large forces in the field".Israel pounded Lebanon with more than 120 air strikes on Tuesday, killing 31 people, the Lebanese health ministry said